Polar Capital Global Financial has reported a return on net assets of 5.3% for the year to the end of November 2015. this compares well to a total return of 0.9% for the benchmark MSCI World Financials Index, and total return of 3.8% delivered by the broad MSCI World Index. The Company’s share price total return […]
Diverse Income’s interim results, covering the six months ended 30 November 2015, show the fund generating a return on net assets of 6.4% and a return to shareholders of 7.0%. They also declared two quarterly dividends of 0.65p each. The Board is rebalancing the quantum of the four quarterly dividends to make them more equal […]
Toro has published its first set of accounts, covering the period from 2 March 2015 to 30 September 2015. It raised €331.8m (gross of issue costs) on 8 May 2015 when it IPOd. There were two additional placings made during the Period, €16.4m (gross of issue costs) on 17 July 2015 and €8.8m (gross of issue costs) […]
F&C Managed Portfolio Trust has published interim results for the six months ended 30 November 2015, announcing a net asset value total return of -5.1% for the Income shares and -2.4% for the Growth shares compared to the FTSE All-Share Index return of -6.4%. The key drivers of the performance of the Growth Portfolio were […]
Reconstruction Capital II has announced that it is selling its 25.4% fully-diluted interest in Albalact SA, a publicly quoted Romanian dairy company, to Lactalis. Lactalis is a dairy manufacturing world-leader company owning many successful international brands such as “President”, “Parmalat”, and “Galbani”. The Lactalis group now employs 75,000 people, and owns more than 200 plants, located in […]
Avocet Mining PLC’s 90%-owned Inata mine, in Burkina Faso, produced 74.8 koz of gold in 2015, down 13% from the previous year. Gold production for Q4 15 was more or less in line with Q4 14 at 17.4 koz. Recovery in Q4 improved dramatically to 89% in Q4, taking the average for the year up […]
Shaftesbury PLC, the West End-focused Real Estate Investment Trust, announces that Westminster City Council’s Planning Committee yesterday evening resolved to grant consent for the Group’s application to reconfigure and extend 57 Broadwick Street, Carnaby, a prominent building at the eastern gateway to Carnaby. Their scheme for the building, which was acquired in March 2014, provides […]
London metals consultancy, GFMS, believes that gold prices are set for a gradual recovery in 2016 to over US$1,200/oz by year end. Thus far in 2016, the gold price, in US dollars, has climbed to almost 3-month highs as political tension and fears over the world financial system have led to buying interest in the […]
Aberforth Smaller Companies has published its results for the year ended 31 December 2015 (pretty fast!), over 2015 the net asset value total return was 10.2%, more or less matching the 10.6% return posted by the Numis Smaller Companies (excluding investment companies) Index that the fund uses as its benchmark. The share price return was […]
Better Capital’s 2012 pool has increased its investment in CAV Aerospace. They say CAV, working with its key stakeholders, has been able to take steps to release a significant amount of previously tied-up working capital and to make important operational changes which should lead to improved performance. In order to achieve the above, the General Partner […]
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